It's not a lockout file.
The idea is very simple.
Right now call first always picks the 1st decode...ergo the problem....
So the idea is that once a call is worked it gets put in a list (doesn't matter
whether or not you log it). The call first logic checks the list and ignores
anybody in it.If call first does not trigger then the 1st entry that was
detected would be used.So it would all be completely transparent, only
temporarily blocks calls, and clears itself.
If you have 5 people calling you it will go 1,2,3,4,5 and start over again
whereas right now it's 1,1,1,1,1, ad nauseum.
For the most part nobody would even notice this was happening except the 1st
decode may not be the one chosen.
de Mike W9MDB
On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 11:28:30 PM CST, Jim Brown
<[email protected]> wrote:
W9MDB wrote:
> I'm all ears for opinions from operators who have had a call pileup on them.
I've been a ham since 1955, General in '56, Extra '59. I've always been
primarily a CW op, mostly contesting and chasing DX. I've been the guy
on the DX end of pileups working CW in a major contest, no split
operation. I also work RTTY contests as part of a club that often wins
them. So far, I've not gotten interested in FT4/FT8 contesting on HF.
I'm near San Francisco and have a very good station. I use FT8
extensively on 160M during the winter to work EU, and both FT8 and
MSK144 on 6M chasing grids. I rarely call CQ, mostly tail-ending
stations I want to work, just as Dave does. That's smart operating.
The craziest I've seen FT8 is when 6M is open to JA, often with
JTAlert's 4x9 display nearly full of decodes. By far the best way to
work it is to call CQ with Call First off, Auto Seq on, Hold TX Freq on,
and pick the station I want to respond to.
As to this lockout thing -- IMO, the nuisance calls come from new folks
who have little HF experience, have massive receive noise, and never
realize the band is open for DX, only look at JTAlert, and are calling
the only signals strong enough to get through their noise. A library of
lockout calls is quite unlikely to work, because it's different new
folks every time! Indeed, those JA openings are almost the only time I
call CQ, and for that reason! The only folks I want calling me are the
DX I want to work, and I don't want guys who can't hear or don't have a
clue covering them up!
73, Jim K9YC
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